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Title: Le jardinier et la Mort Title Record # 2392238
Author: Jean Cocteau
Date: 1923-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: French
Note: An excerpt from Le grand écart (1923). In the original, this little story is untitled; the title used here is the one assigned by the Multilingual Folk Tale Database.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1923 English The Look of Death
1955ⓘTranslated by an unknown hand
 Spanish El gesto de la Muerte
1971ⓘTranslated by Anthony Kerrigan
 English The Face of Death
1975 Spanish El gesto de la muerte
1983ⓘFour paragraphs from Le grand écart (1923). A retelling of the ancient story known as "Appointment in Samara," etc. Translated by Alberto Manguel.
 English Death and the Gardener
1987ⓘExtract from Le Grand Ecart, 1923
 English The Gardener and Death

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Cuentos breves y extraordinarios 1955-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges Raigal (Panorama)     211
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Cuentos breves y extraordinarios 1968-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges Santiago Rueda (Colección mundial Rueda #2)     146
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Cuentos breves y extraordinarios 1970-01-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges Santiago Rueda (Colección mundial Rueda #2)     146
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Checkmark
Extraordinary Tales 1971-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges Herder and Herder M41159
$5.50?$: US dollar
 144
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
Zikkurath 2000, #2001 February 1975 1975-02-00 ed.
Carlos Reñe?Carlos Rene
 Carlos Reñe     38
A4?21 cm by 29.7 cm or 8.3" by 11.7" magazine, used by some UK and European magazines
 fanzine Rafael González  
Antología de la literatura fantástica 1977-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo Edhasa + Sudamericana (Pocket Edhasa #8) 84-350-0165-2   435
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth Checkmark
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature 1983-00-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£4.95?£: UK pound
 xix+
967
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature 1984-04-00 ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$11.95?$: US dollar
 xix+
967
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth George Tooker Checkmark
Fantasy and Terror, #10 1987-00-00 ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson Richard H. Fawcett  
$2.50?$: US dollar
 40
octavo?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
 mag Checkmark
The Book of Fantasy 1988-11-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Viking 0-670-82393-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
 384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Checkmark
The Book of Fantasy 1988-11-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Xanadu 0-947761-44-6
£14.95?£: UK pound
 384
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
The Book of Fantasy 1989-06-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Viking / QPBC  
$9.95?$: US dollar
 384
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
Extraordinary Tales 1990-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges Allison & Busby 0-7490-0065-1
£4.99?£: UK pound
 144
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Natalie Cohen  
The Book of Fantasy 1990-08-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Black Swan 0-552-99401-4
£5.99?£: UK pound
 523
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Stephen Player  
The Book of Fantasy 1990-09-00 ed. Jorge Luis Borges, A. Bioy Casares, Silvina Ocampo Carroll & Graf 0-88184-656-2
$10.95?$: US dollar
 384
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth  
The Little Book of Horrors 1992-04-00 ed. Sebastian Wolfe Xanadu 0-947761-45-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
 126
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Tony Johannot  
Cuentos breves y extraordinarios 2004-00-00 ed. Adolfo Bioy Casares, Jorge Luis Borges Losada 950-03-9328-X   152
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
 anth  
Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Picador 0-330-28141-0
£9.99?£: UK pound
 xix+
967
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Brian Griffin (I)  
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature date unknown ed. Alberto Manguel Clarkson N. Potter 0-517-55269-8
$13.95?$: US dollar
 xix+
967
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth George Tooker  
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